Progarchives convention
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Topic: Progarchives convention
Posted By: Vibrationbaby
Subject: Progarchives convention
Date Posted: January 18 2006 at 10:41
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Woudn`t be cool if we could get together and discuss this unuqeu music over a period of perhaps a weekend.n It would require a lot of planning. What do you think. ------------- |
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Posted By: Ricochet
Date Posted: January 18 2006 at 10:46
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???
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Posted By: oliverstoned
Date Posted: January 18 2006 at 10:48
| http://www.progarchives.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=6395&KW=progarchives+meeting - http://www.progarchives.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=6395&K W=progarchives+meeting |
Posted By: JayDee
Date Posted: January 18 2006 at 10:51
Dress codes required? ------------- 
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Posted By: Empathy
Date Posted: January 18 2006 at 10:53
Yes, please arrive dressed. ------------- Pure Brilliance: 
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Majestic_Mayhem wrote:Posted By: Paulieg
Date Posted: January 18 2006 at 10:57
I'm there!!!!!
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Posted By: Blacksword
Date Posted: January 18 2006 at 11:00
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Well, there have been some moves towards this thanks to sigods 'Prog Club' outings to gigs and meals in London. It's early days, but I'm sure it'll be an ongoing thing.. An international prog convention would be a great thing. Very difficult to organise though, I think; so many people, so many locations, commitments and circumstances etc. But, hey if you want to hire out Maple Leaf Gardens, for Progarchives forumers only, book Rush and several other prog bands, then I'll be there... ------------- Ultimately bored by endless ecstasy! |
Posted By: glass house
Date Posted: January 18 2006 at 11:01
| In Holland, please !! |
Posted By: Sean Trane
Date Posted: January 18 2006 at 11:16
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Hi Ian, Long time no read. Well we are having a small get-together 8 or 9 of us at the Pride of Paddington pub this friday at 6 PM local time , if you wish. We will head out for a Tandoori restaurant later and a few brews to cap the night of. see the thread: http://www.progarchives.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=17002&PN=1 - http://www.progarchives.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=17002& amp;PN=1
But the idea pervades for more. I'll see if we can organize something in Paris also this spring. Maybe another meeting in Montreal, but lately you Quebecois have been less active. ------------- let's just stay above the moral melee prefer the sink to the gutter keep our sand-castle virtues content to be a doer as well as a thinker, prefer lifting our pen rather than un-sheath our sword |
Posted By: oliverstoned
Date Posted: January 18 2006 at 11:19
Good idea 
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Posted By: Garion81
Date Posted: January 18 2006 at 11:32
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From having experience with these kinds of gatherings in the States it is best to them around an event like a concert or festival. You will get more people to come and have a lot more fun. ------------- 
"What are you going to do when that damn thing rusts?" |
Posted By: glass house
Date Posted: January 18 2006 at 11:38
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France and Holland are not that far apart. Great |
Posted By: oliverstoned
Date Posted: January 18 2006 at 11:41
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Yes, that's not far.
Where are you in Holland? |
Posted By: glass house
Date Posted: January 18 2006 at 11:44
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In he fair city of The Hague, and you ?
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Posted By: oliverstoned
Date Posted: January 18 2006 at 11:49
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I'm in the parisian area, 35 km south, in the countryside.
How is the coffee shop scene in La Hague? |
Posted By: glass house
Date Posted: January 18 2006 at 15:48
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Not bad, Amsterdam afcourse is loads better. |
Posted By: gdub411
Date Posted: January 18 2006 at 15:55
| I have no desire to meet any of you. |
Posted By: glass house
Date Posted: January 18 2006 at 15:58
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Thanks ! |
Posted By: Tony R
Date Posted: January 18 2006 at 16:01
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Oh come on,dont be shy! We'd let you wear that bag over your head.... |
Posted By: gdub411
Date Posted: January 18 2006 at 16:14
Only if it's a plastic bag so I can suffocate before seeing any of you. |
Posted By: gdub411
Date Posted: January 18 2006 at 16:19
| Seriously...what would be the conversations....prog?!?...we already do that. Like I want to pay an enormous price to fly out to Europe to discuss prog. I'd rather be LISTENING to prog. I think my money would be better spent on more prog cds. |
Posted By: bluetailfly
Date Posted: January 18 2006 at 16:21
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I recommend that all US prog archive members join us in San Francisco at the Cafe du Nord on February 19th to see The Syn in concert. What a classic prog experience this is going to be! (So what if the new CD is, well, not exactly on par with, say, CTTE?) We could meet up for dinner at an Indian restaurant or something. Then talk prog and express our opinions about the European members and their idionsyncratic tastes in prog (especially the continental ones). Laughs will abound! Please consider it. ------------- "The red polygon's only desire / is to get to the blue triangle." |
Posted By: erik neuteboom
Date Posted: January 18 2006 at 16:22
| Moogtron III and me have had a kind of Prog Archives Convention in Zaandam, near Amsterdam! But my hometown The Hague could also be a good site, let me know if you are interested! |
Posted By: gdub411
Date Posted: January 18 2006 at 16:25
Is that where you live, because I don't. That may as well be another country to me. How about Chicago...or better yet, at my house so I don't have to drive anywhere either. |
Posted By: gdub411
Date Posted: January 18 2006 at 16:30
or better yet...we all meet at Peter's and we can take a joy ride on his Ice Schooner, beating some baby Seals and harpooning some endangered whales....wouldn't that be swell.
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Posted By: bluetailfly
Date Posted: January 18 2006 at 16:35
Actually, I don't live in S.F. but am driving there (approx. 100 miles) to go to this show; so you see, I am making an effort, so you should too! What's a couple of thousand miles? We're talking prog history here! Plus, again the chance to roast the euro-trash members of the forum. Note to European members: I'm sorry about the "euro-trash" comment. ------------- "The red polygon's only desire / is to get to the blue triangle." |
Posted By: glass house
Date Posted: January 18 2006 at 16:56
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Great idea, what about in April, Riverside are playing in Zoetermeer !! |
Posted By: erik neuteboom
Date Posted: January 18 2006 at 17:00
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At that time I am on Aruba ( Are you also from The Hague mr. Glass House, in that case we could invite some progheads from Holland, Germany, Belgium, France, UK, Scotland and make them familiar with some very fine Dutch pubs, meanwhile discussing the entire progrock scene from 1967 until now, OK? |
Posted By: glass house
Date Posted: January 18 2006 at 17:14
I am from The Hague, and it wil be a pleasure to set something up ! |
Posted By: aapatsos
Date Posted: January 18 2006 at 18:35
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I would suggest there will be a convention in the UK as I have seen several people from the UK and I'm also missing the PROG CURRY the day after tomorrow
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enjoy your chicken tikka Posted By: erik neuteboom
Date Posted: January 19 2006 at 02:35
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Perhaps Rick Wakeman will be interested if you deliver PROG CURRY Everyone who is interested in The Hague as a Prog Archives convention can send me a private message. Where in The Hague do you live Glass House (I live in Loosduinen, Southern part)? |
Posted By: VanderGraafKommandöh
Date Posted: January 19 2006 at 02:50
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Any chance of coming to sunny and beautiful Wiltshire? Thought not! Oh well, worth a try. -------------   
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Posted By: glass house
Date Posted: January 19 2006 at 03:07
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Do you live near a town called Sherston ? been there a few times, beautiful place. |
Posted By: glass house
Date Posted: January 19 2006 at 03:09
Between Noordweg en Erasmusweg ( nieuwbouw ). Two years ago I lived in Duke Ellingtonstraat.
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Posted By: Sean Trane
Date Posted: January 19 2006 at 03:14
Keep me posted on this prog Convention. Not too long a drive from Alkmaar. Zaadam is fine too. ------------- let's just stay above the moral melee prefer the sink to the gutter keep our sand-castle virtues content to be a doer as well as a thinker, prefer lifting our pen rather than un-sheath our sword |
Posted By: erik neuteboom
Date Posted: January 19 2006 at 03:37
| OK, Sean, I have the idea that this year there will be a Prog Archives Convention, perhaps in The Hague or Amsterdam, I have already received some enthousiastic reactions, who follows? |
Posted By: Moogtron III
Date Posted: January 19 2006 at 03:45
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Hey, that's interesting. Didn't check PA for a few days. Yes, I like the idea! |
Posted By: oliverstoned
Date Posted: January 19 2006 at 05:25
I am interested! How is the coffee shop scene in La Hague, according to you? |
Posted By: oliverstoned
Date Posted: January 19 2006 at 05:37
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It becomes interesting!
Holland seems to be a nice place. German members should be interested, what about Sean trane and the Baldies? |
Posted By: sigod
Date Posted: January 19 2006 at 05:52
Sean I'm also very happy to travel to either Holland or Germany if interest gather pace there too. ------------- I must remind the right honourable gentleman that a monologue is not a decision. - Clement Atlee, on Winston Churchill |
Posted By: Blacksword
Date Posted: January 19 2006 at 06:10
Well, I hope what I order looks better than that! ------------- Ultimately bored by endless ecstasy! |
Posted By: oliverstoned
Date Posted: January 19 2006 at 06:13
Whether UK or Holland, i won't go for food 
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Posted By: oliverstoned
Date Posted: January 19 2006 at 07:16
So, eventually, what about a one day meeting in a La Hague café? |
Posted By: BaldJean
Date Posted: January 19 2006 at 07:27
is "Zaadam" the Dutch spelling for "Saddam"? if so, I won't attend; else Friede and I will be glad to attend, provided it will not be on a day where other things are already planned (we'll be in the USA most of June and July, for example)-------------  A shot of me as High Priestess of Gaia during our fall festival. Ceterum censeo principiis obsta |
Posted By: Sean Trane
Date Posted: January 19 2006 at 07:28
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From what I gather if Jean and Friede are up to it, and most of the Dutch Colleagues (Joren, Huub, Erik etc...) are in and I am up to it also, this could make up to 10 or 12. Buit first let's get a check on the date , before building up plans. ------------- let's just stay above the moral melee prefer the sink to the gutter keep our sand-castle virtues content to be a doer as well as a thinker, prefer lifting our pen rather than un-sheath our sword |
Posted By: erik neuteboom
Date Posted: January 19 2006 at 07:29
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Great, the coffeeshop scene in Holland is (in)famous ! But that's not my cup of tea, I am more into good beers (see another topic). I hope, looking at the enthousiastic reactions from European progheads (France, Belgium, Holland and perhaps UK and Scotland) in this topic that we can plan a Prog Archives Convention in the forthcoming months. I would like to suggest that every interested proghead send a Private Message to me in order to plan something, OK?
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Posted By: glass house
Date Posted: January 19 2006 at 08:04
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Coffeshop are not for me either, beer , yesssssssssssss. Do you know the Fiddler in the centre, nice and big English pub. |
Posted By: oliverstoned
Date Posted: January 19 2006 at 08:23
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We can meet in one your traditional cafés.
I will do some shopping in the other kind of cafés
I'd like that we plan it for sooner, why not in March?! |
Posted By: glass house
Date Posted: January 19 2006 at 09:04
| Not on the 25th of March, Please. |
Posted By: BaldJean
Date Posted: January 19 2006 at 09:39
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and not on the Ides of March either. we don't want to be stabbed...
------------- A shot of me as High Priestess of Gaia during our fall festival. Ceterum censeo principiis obsta |
Posted By: Sean Trane
Date Posted: January 19 2006 at 09:41
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How about the 1st of April?
------------- let's just stay above the moral melee prefer the sink to the gutter keep our sand-castle virtues content to be a doer as well as a thinker, prefer lifting our pen rather than un-sheath our sword |
Posted By: erik neuteboom
Date Posted: January 19 2006 at 11:32
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The Fiddler is a great English pub, I am sure that I will watch their the World Champion matches from England, wonderful Birtish soccer atmosphere but before half time you are soaken of beer! Did you know that in the past this place was a music store named Servaas Muziekhandel, here all the famous Dutch artists bought their music equipment like The Golden Earring, Q65, Finch and Earth & Fire! Nowadays the owner lives on a small island that he bought in the Caribbean. |
Posted By: glass house
Date Posted: January 19 2006 at 12:17
I know what the pub used to be. I didn't know that he now lives in the Caribbean. April would be a nice day. |
Posted By: glass house
Date Posted: January 19 2006 at 12:25
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The Fiddler in The Hague, would be nice to meet everybody here. |
Posted By: oliverstoned
Date Posted: January 19 2006 at 12:26
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That's OK.
A week end in early April, so? |
Posted By: VanderGraafKommandöh
Date Posted: January 19 2006 at 13:49
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Do none of you guys and girls work for a living? No, not near Sherston, but near grotty Swindon, urgh! I have made other plans for this Friday, so I cannot make it. But any other possible London meetings I maybe able to do, but it's not the easiest for me to travel there and back in one day, unless I have somewhere to sleep overnight! -------------
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Posted By: erik neuteboom
Date Posted: January 19 2006 at 14:21
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My holiday on Aruba is from April 19th until May 11th so please early April or late May... I would like to plan a date because then I can ask this on the working schedule April/May that will be finished late February, OK? So I would like anybody who is interested (Glass House, Oliverstoned, Sean Trane, Moogtron III, BaldJean?, Joren?, others..) in a visit to The Fiddler pub in The Hague to react ... By the way Glass House, your picture from The Fiddler caused a Pavlov Reflex in my mouth .... |
Posted By: Fitzcarraldo
Date Posted: January 19 2006 at 14:33
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Formal wear, of course.
------------- http://www.progarchives.com/Collaborators.asp?id=326" rel="nofollow - Read reviews by Fitzcarraldo |
Posted By: glass house
Date Posted: January 19 2006 at 15:05
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Great tie ! So , a good date would be April the first ( no joke ) |
Posted By: oliverstoned
Date Posted: January 19 2006 at 15:20
| That's good!!! Let's all note this date! |
Posted By: Asyte2c00
Date Posted: January 19 2006 at 16:22
| I ardently support a progarchives forum conclave in the near future. |
Posted By: erik neuteboom
Date Posted: January 19 2006 at 16:55
| April 1st in The Fiddler in The Hague? |
Posted By: glass house
Date Posted: January 20 2006 at 01:19
| Yes ! |
Posted By: glass house
Date Posted: January 20 2006 at 03:05
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There is a coffeeshop you want very near The Fiddler, maybe 50 metres, I will show you where it is. |
Posted By: edible_buddha
Date Posted: January 20 2006 at 05:10
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Feeling a bit left out here... Is there another meeting place for us Aussie members (im sure im not the only one). By the way, a get-together in The Hague sounds grand. Parents came from holland originally, would make a good reason to 'come back' to the olde country. Unfortunately, due to financial constraints, i could only attend a few years in the future.... Maybe we could make this an annual thing... Or i could invent a time machine (Heeeeeeeeyyyyyyyyyyyyyy) ------------- I really like this jacket, but the sleeves are much too long. |
Posted By: oliverstoned
Date Posted: January 20 2006 at 05:20
 Thanks, i'll be there
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Posted By: glass house
Date Posted: January 20 2006 at 05:20
Steal the TARDIS !! ( dr.Who ) |
Posted By: RaphaelT
Date Posted: January 20 2006 at 05:34
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Great that it is on Saturday! I could make it too, but first should check buses and planes and my financial resources.
------------- yet you still have time! |
Posted By: erik neuteboom
Date Posted: January 20 2006 at 05:35
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I will ask for a day free so I can pick up the 'foreigners' in the early afternoon, then we can have a drink at my home, do some progrock shopping and finally visit The Fiddler or perhaps it is not the end .. .. Any other ideas for April 1st.?
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Posted By: glass house
Date Posted: January 20 2006 at 06:09
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To the 'Gevangenepoort' and torture the lot |
Posted By: oliverstoned
Date Posted: January 20 2006 at 09:02
That's kind of you. |
Posted By: erik neuteboom
Date Posted: January 20 2006 at 13:14
The 'Gevangenpoort' in The Hague (near 'Het Binnenhof' were our government settles) is a medieval building that was used a prison and where took place very gruesome torturing. This in order to get confessions, not only from thieves, witches and politicians also, as the saga tolds, a small group of hobbits that had visions of a future that was dominated by Moogs, Mellotrons and Hammonds! The hobbits their habits featured endless discussions about music, wearing t-shirts from unknown musicians like a certain Fish, a preference for complex music and long compositions and a tendency to feel superior to the popular musical taste were considered as extremely dangerous in Medieval Times. Soon they disappeared from the scene but in the Late Sixties the hobbits emerged and their music named 'progressive rock' became very popular. Unfortunately 'De Gevangenpoort' is still a 'haunted house' when hobbits enter because 'De Gevangenpoort' epitomizes 'evil governments'  and they don't like the critical, creative and hedonistic hobbits SO YOU ARE WARNED  .... fellow hobbits !
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Posted By: glass house
Date Posted: January 20 2006 at 18:46
| That is a very good and funny explanation, made me smile. |
Posted By: oliverstoned
Date Posted: January 21 2006 at 04:42
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I've seen some pics of The Hague
http://home-2.worldonline.nl/~aarde01/ - http://home-2.worldonline.nl/~aarde01/ Beautiful town !!! I'd like to visit some parks too, if weather is not too bad. |
Posted By: glass house
Date Posted: January 21 2006 at 05:46
| To Oliverstoned : Take the pictures with you and Erik or me will take you to see those places if there is time. |
Posted By: oliverstoned
Date Posted: January 21 2006 at 06:01
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Thanks. I think i'll stay the whole weekend...
Hope the weather will be fine! |
Posted By: erik neuteboom
Date Posted: January 21 2006 at 06:03
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How do you want to go to The Hague, Oliverstoned, by train or car and is April 1st. OK? I will make appointments with Glass House, Moogtron III, Sean Trane and perhaps BaldFriede, Joren and others if they agree with Fool's Day |
Posted By: oliverstoned
Date Posted: January 21 2006 at 06:07
| I'll come by train, Erik. |
Posted By: erik neuteboom
Date Posted: January 21 2006 at 06:12
| OK, Oliverstoned, I have just send some Private Messages to get things arranged. It look though some Prog Archives progheads will see each other on April Fool's Day, in fact incredible! |
Posted By: oliverstoned
Date Posted: January 21 2006 at 06:16
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That's great to do it!
The 1st official progarchives meeting will be there! |
Posted By: JayDee
Date Posted: January 21 2006 at 06:57
I wish i could go there.... -------------
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Posted By: Sean Trane
Date Posted: January 21 2006 at 07:03
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I should be part of it. The one in London, was just a gas. I'm meeting Chris/Syzygy for vinyl hunting this afternoon. ------------- let's just stay above the moral melee prefer the sink to the gutter keep our sand-castle virtues content to be a doer as well as a thinker, prefer lifting our pen rather than un-sheath our sword |
Posted By: oliverstoned
Date Posted: January 21 2006 at 07:04
| Where? |
Posted By: erik neuteboom
Date Posted: January 21 2006 at 07:23
| Sean, see your PM Box! |
Posted By: Sean Trane
Date Posted: January 21 2006 at 07:25
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Soho and Lewisham street I gather I am in nTottenham Court right now ------------- let's just stay above the moral melee prefer the sink to the gutter keep our sand-castle virtues content to be a doer as well as a thinker, prefer lifting our pen rather than un-sheath our sword |
Posted By: Moogtron III
Date Posted: January 21 2006 at 17:24
| Great plan. Last year it was only talk, talk, too much talk, rhublabla about a PA convention, now things are really happening. Cool! |
Posted By: erik neuteboom
Date Posted: January 21 2006 at 18:39
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Until now the 'Continental European Prog Archives Convention' features Moogtron III, Joren, Sean Trane, Oliverstoned, Glass House and myself for April 1st. in The Hague. If others are also interested, please send a message in order to arrange things seriously, OK? |
Posted By: stonebeard
Date Posted: January 21 2006 at 20:32
Any thoughts on a N. American get together? I heard only one, Garion's. Might be fun.  ------------- http://soundcloud.com/drewagler" rel="nofollow - My soundcloud. Please give feedback if you want! |
Posted By: oliverstoned
Date Posted: January 22 2006 at 04:29
How was the vynil hunting? |
Posted By: oliverstoned
Date Posted: January 22 2006 at 04:47
and the Baldies? |
Posted By: Syzygy
Date Posted: January 22 2006 at 06:07
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April 1 is a Saturday - I could make it, but I'm planning to go to a jazz gig on the Friday night, and I'll need to check my work commitments ( I work some weekends). I'm definitely up for it in principle, though, keep me posted about the plans. ------------- 'Like so many of you I've got my doubts about how much to contribute to the already rich among us...' Robert Wyatt, Gloria Gloom |
Posted By: oliverstoned
Date Posted: January 22 2006 at 07:31
| Good news. |
Posted By: Sean Trane
Date Posted: January 23 2006 at 07:30
I was mostly hunting for prog books (found loads of them too) ,but if Chris bought two records, I passed up on the SACD of Tago Mago. Had my revenge on sunday by buying four CDs in the megastores which are all open on sundays. ------------- let's just stay above the moral melee prefer the sink to the gutter keep our sand-castle virtues content to be a doer as well as a thinker, prefer lifting our pen rather than un-sheath our sword |
Posted By: oliverstoned
Date Posted: January 23 2006 at 07:43
| Which prog books ? |
Posted By: Velvetclown
Date Posted: January 23 2006 at 13:54
Sorry GDUB but you can´t get drunk in Canada 
------------- Billy Connolly Dream Theater Terry Gilliam Hagen Quartet Jethro Tull Mike Keneally |
Posted By: gdub411
Date Posted: January 23 2006 at 14:42
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Well how about in Sweden....how about a prog convention with us two....what are you doing in February Clowny? |
Posted By: Velvetclown
Date Posted: January 23 2006 at 14:52
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Gettin drunk I suppose I would give you a great big hug Gdub  Intelligent people are a rare thing these days  ------------- Billy Connolly Dream Theater Terry Gilliam Hagen Quartet Jethro Tull Mike Keneally |
Posted By: gdub411
Date Posted: January 23 2006 at 15:02
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Intelligent I am not. |
Posted By: Velvetclown
Date Posted: January 23 2006 at 15:05
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Don´t try to hide behind a stupid mask You are one of the few with more braincells for their own good ..
------------- Billy Connolly Dream Theater Terry Gilliam Hagen Quartet Jethro Tull Mike Keneally |
Posted By: barbs
Date Posted: January 24 2006 at 00:47
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It really is time to stop the competitive divisiveness of where the best place to meet is. Everyone should meet in a neutral spot. Melbourne, Australia has a very temperate climate, great jazz most days of the week, excellent pubs and exotic eateries, is hosting the commonwealth games in March and has been voted, MOST liveable city in the world. ------------- Eternity |